RE: no eth0 connection

[Bonno Bloksma <b.bloksma@tio.nl>]

On Mon 31 Mar 2014 at 20:47:56 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:

>> Did you do anything that might have changed a MAC address?  Like 
>> changing PC card Ethernet adapters, for example?  Or replacing a 
>> motherboard that has a built-in Ethernet adapter?  The correspondence 
>> between MAC addresses and interface names is controlled by 
>> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules.  You may need to edit this 
>> file and change MAC addresses.
>
> Deleting the file is quicker and less hassle. It is rewritten at the next boot.

Good advice, except that I usualy MOVE the file to some temp directory just in case I need the "original" to compare it to the new version.

Bonno Bloksma